BASF increased its sales and income from operations (EBIT) before special items in the first quarter of 2013. At €19.7 billion, sales exceeded the level of the previous first quarter by 5%. Sales volumes grew particularly as a result of intensif…

PPG Industries recently held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new automotive coatings development and application center in Tianjin, China. This facility is the first of its kind locally, and it will focus on the development of automo…

PPG Industries recently held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new automotive coatings development and application center in Tianjin, China. This facility is the first of its kind locally, and it will focus on the development of automo…

BASF has launched UCRETE DP topcoat in the U.S. and Canada. The addition of this cementitious urethane topcoat product completes the UCRETE system portfolio in North America.
Functioning as a lock coat for UCRETE HP broadcast system, UCRETE DP Topco…

BASF will attend the Yapi Fuarı – Turkeybuild 2013, which will be carried out at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul on April 24-28, 2013. BASF will be presenting its numerous solutions, including products to raise the energy effic…

The worldwide leader of zinc flake anticorrosion protection, NOF METAL COATINGS GROUP has been developing for many years an acknowledged expertise regarding fastener tightening control. The GEOMET 500 coating, internationally recognized, and the PLUS…

PPG Industries announced the launch of the company’s new sustainability vision, values and goals issued in the 2012 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report. This sustainability “framework” follows more than a year of in-depth internal a…

Clariant has announced plans to build a new pigment preparations plant in Indonesia in a series of investments to strengthen on-the-ground support for customers in China, India and Indonesia. The announcement marks another step in Clariant’s si…

BASF will attend the Yapi Fuarı – Turkeybuild 2013, which will be carried out at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul on April 24-28, 2013. BASF will be presenting its numerous solutions, including products to raise the energy effic…

PPG Industries announced the launch of the company’s new sustainability vision, values and goals issued in the 2012 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report. This sustainability “framework” follows more than a year of in-depth internal a…

The worldwide leader of zinc flake anticorrosion protection, NOF METAL COATINGS GROUP has been developing for many years an acknowledged expertise regarding fastener tightening control. The GEOMET 500 coating, internationally recognized, and the PLUS…

BASF is taking a number of steps to strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment. The segment bundles BASF’s businesses with chemicals that improve the properties of many different end-user products. The portfolio include…

Clariant has announced plans to build a new pigment preparations plant in Indonesia in a series of investments to strengthen on-the-ground support for customers in China, India and Indonesia. The announcement marks another step in Clariant’s si…

Chemical Marketing and Economics (CM&E), the business and investment group of the American Chemical Society’s New York Section (ACS NY), has awarded Marcelo Odebrecht, president and CEO of Odebrecht S.A., has been honored with the Leadershi…

BASF is taking a number of steps to strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment. The segment bundles BASF’s businesses with chemicals that improve the properties of many different end-user products. The portfolio include…

Chemical Marketing and Economics (CM&E), the business and investment group of the American Chemical Society’s New York Section (ACS NY), has awarded Marcelo Odebrecht, president and CEO of Odebrecht S.A., has been honored with the Leadershi…

Eric J. Kaiser has been named Americas Business Director for Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema Inc. The announcement was made by Richard D. Jenkins, Global Group President for Arkema Coating Resins, and is effective immediately.
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Materials and biophysical characterization company Malvern Instruments Ltd. and Netzsch Grinding and Dispersing have entered into a cooperative marketing agreement. Both organizations serve a broad range of market sectors from pharmaceuticals, cerami…

Materials and biophysical characterization company Malvern Instruments Ltd. and Netzsch Grinding and Dispersing have entered into a cooperative marketing agreement. Both organizations serve a broad range of market sectors from pharmaceuticals, cerami…